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Low and
outcast Hindus were welcomed.
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Buddhists were
the most numerous converts.
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Buddhist
spiritual decline had debased its practices and
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turned
interest to the vigorous new religion of Islam.
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Others
converted to escape taxes or through intermarriage.
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Muslim
migrants fleeing 13th and 14th century Mongol
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incursions
also increased the Islamic community.
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